Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '16 at 13:22
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 537 72% 535 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 100 95% 112 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 99.4 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-3112A 250GB 1,508 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30060P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2237 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (64) Unknown 100 100 4712468 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 91 (B3) Unknown 100 100 344 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6504 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 0 5701656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 96 1 326 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4023 (EB) Unknown 100 100 4067 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4272 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4404 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2627834	77.5% Very good	Read 496 Write 436 Mixed 465 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 26 92% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 16.9 24% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 291GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210043808 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24022074 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 617 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 80 66 336658452 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11877 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 64424509460 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58394375358114 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10215934418 (F2) Unknown 100 253 673500398723	69.2% Good	Read 129 Write 113 Mixed 104 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 16GB 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 25.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	599x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	572x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	159x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	261x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	108x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16